To promote international exchanges of information on artemisinin compounds, Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is initiating ¡°The Second International Artemisinin Compounds Workshop on the Evaluation of Clinical Studies¡±in Guangzhou, China on 16-17, Jan. 2007. Participants will be invited to also join a subsequent two-day (18-19, Jan) field visit to an artemisinin extraction and production facility in Guangdong Province.This visiting activity is freewill and the trip is supported by the meeting. Participants who elect to join this field trip will be returned to Guangzhou at the afternoon of January 19. 

The objectives of the workshop are to: 1) discuss results of clinical trials; 2) review progress on the clinical pharmacology of artemisinin compounds; 3) evaluate the present use of artemisinin compounds in malaria treatment strategies; 4) address topics relevant to the economic use of artemisinin compounds in malaria control on a global scale.
Expecting your presentations

We would like to solicit articles from relevant experts around the world and Presentations will be warmly welcomed by the meeting. If you have some good topics and if you want to show your opinion through the meeting, you can send us the copies of your abstracts or your presentations by email and please keep them within one page (A4). Please submit your presentations or articles before 30th November. All the abstracts received will be reviewed by the Workshop Academic Committee.

Members of the Workshop Academic Committee

Prof. Sornchai Looareesuwan      Mahidol University, Thailand
 
Prof. Nicholas J. White                   Wellcome Trust-Mahidol University-Oxford
 
Prof. Thomas E. Wellems             National Institutes of Health, US.
 
Dr. Emiliana Tjitra                           National Institute of Health Research and Development, Indonesia.
 
Dr. Tran Tihn Hien                          Center for Tropical Disease, Viet Nam
 
Prof. Li Guoqiao                              Guangzhou University of TCM, P.R. China
 
Prof. Wang Xinhua                         Guangzhou University of TCM, P.R. China
 
Prof. Tang Linhua                          Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention
 
Secretary of the Workshop Academic Committee

Prof. Song Jianping           Guangzhou University of TCM, P.R. China

For further information please contact:

Center for Artemisia Research

Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

12 Jichang Road, Guangzhou 510405, China

Contactor: Dr. Tan Bo, or Miss Shirley He

Tel: (8620) 86590090     Fax: (8620) 86396290
Email: tannyhy@yahoo.com.cn; hyqshirley@yahoo.com.cn  
Website: www.gzhtcm.edu.cn